Youth Takes: Climate Anxiety
Provided by: ACE|Published on: January 3, 2023|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Health
Authors: ACE
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Synopsis
- In this short video from ACE, youth across the United States describe their experiences with climate anxiety.
- Students will learn what climate anxiety is, the different ways that people experience it, the importance of knowing that others have the same feelings, and seeing that it is okay to have those feelings.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource can help encourage students and might provide them with a sense of solidarity with others who are experiencing similar feelings.
- This video includes practical examples of ways that people cope with climate anxiety.
Prerequisites
- Think of how you might provide emotional support for students as you dive into this topic.
- While these students all live in the United States, youth across the world may also experience similar feelings.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Give students the chance to respond to their own climate anxiety using multiple opportunities for response, such as this journaling activity or watching this other video about ways to cope with anxiety about climate change.
- This video might serve as a useful supplement to related topics, such as tipping points or mass extinction events.
- Provide students with these coloring pages that may reduce climate stress or anxiety and give them the opportunity to discuss their feelings.
- Health classes discussing the psychology and biology of emotions might consider using this video to take a deeper dive into emotions, stress, and health.
This video resource presents a series of short takes from young people from all across the United States about their feelings of anxiety due to the impending climate crisis. After expressing feelings of hopelessness, the video turns to climate anxiety support groups as a way for young people to have a place to voice their feelings and grow in solidarity. This video presents a good opportunity to allow students to voice their own concerns about climate change. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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